In Switzerland the snowdrop is called the “amselblümli”, or “black bird flower”, because it blooms in late-winter when the amsel (blackbird) starts to sing its most beautiful song. Together the flower and bird herald the end of winter and coming of spring. #FolkloreSunday #nature

Zombie by The Cranberries (1994) an Irish anti-war song first released 20 years ago today

As it's #nationalbakingweek , it's the perfect opportunity to showcase this wonderful baking vehicle in Llwyncelyn, most likely in the early 1900s. 🧁🍞🎂 #archives #ceredigion #history #baking #exploreyourarchive

#ebc2024 2wish Cymru 2wish ⭐️⭐️

Museum in Japan that showcases various naturally formed rocks with faces on them.⁠

Tuyvae douglasboyesi - a newly described moth from Colombia. dx.doi.org/10.57800/fauni…: "dedicated to a young and enthusiast British entomologist, Douglas Boyes Dr Douglas Boyes, who left us too early" Sadly missed by us all NCL Network Ecology UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @DarrenMarkEvans @RichardFoxBC

Nightshade Mother: In Conversation with Gwyneth Lewis Ymunwch â Gwyneth Lewis, Bardd Cenedlaethol cyntaf Cymru, a’r Athro Matthew Jarvis yfory wrth iddynt drafod hunangofiant rhyfeddol newydd Gwyneth, a’i fagwraeth wenwynig gan ei mam. 🔗 llyfrgell.cymru/digwyddiadau

🎉Next week is #Exploreyourarchive week! 🎉 Come and join us at Aberystwyth bandstand to learn about local history, the work that we do, and the incredible array of items in our care. Everyone welcome! #history #ceredigion #Archives

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Don't forget we'll be at the #Aberystwyth bandstand next week! #ExploreYourArchive #history #ceredigion #archives

These are the fantastic talks happening over the next few days at Aberystwyth bandstand to celebrate #ExploreYourArchive week 🥳 Don't forget we're in the bandstand 10-5 Monday to Friday this week for you to learn more about #CeredigionArchives Free entry and welcome to all!

Have you started your festive baking? Here is a Welsh recipe for a 'cheap and good' Christmas pudding you could try! The recipe comes from a book written by Thomas Thomas, circa 1880 🧁🍽️ #christmaspudding #history #arhives #ceredigion #exploreyourarchive #EYAfestive

My favourite word!! My favourite thought! Possibly my first tattoo 🤦‍♀️ A Glimmer ⭐️⭐️ Every day, from the moment I wake, I look! I look for the one little hook that will pull me up straight and give me hope for the day! ⭐️⭐️ A Glimmer!!! ♥️

This map of Wales, painted by Welsh-French-Quebecer artist Valériane Leblond is far more than a conventional atlas. Titled Gwlad y Gân (Land of Song), the characters, creatures and farmhouses are all taken from local folk tales, myths and legends. Which is your favourite myth?

The primrose is a birth flower for those born in #February. A legend tells that Flora, the goddess of #flowers, created it in memory of her son. She scattered its blooms through woods and meadows so each year, they would remind us of him and herald the coming of spring. #folklore

Rhywbeth ychydig yn wahanol ar gyfer #anifeiliadarchifdy heddiw. Dyma adroddiad papur newydd am 'The Pig Nuisance' o 1866. 🐖 Something a little bit different for today's #ArchiveAnimals. This is an 1866 newspaper report about 'The Pig Nuisance'. #archifdy #ceredigion #archives

I have put this off for 5 years but April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month so it is time to share this difficult read for which I make no apology. My son Joe was diagnosed with a brain tumour on Dec 24th 2019 and died on 3rd Jan 2020 aged just 26. Joe visited

In German lore rowan leaves are said to ease an aching back, and a yoke made of rowan wood will quieten a headstrong bull. In Scandinavia, a branch placed above the cowshed door wards off “flying dragons.” A churn carved from rowan brings butter swiftly to hand. #FolkloreThursday

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

Last few days to enrol on my small museums & mental health workshop this Sat 8 Nov. I'll teach you the neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego, collecting & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood & we'll make small museums together. Enrolling also